Al-Basir Nalchikov

al-Basir Nalchikov (6 February 1968-25 July 2008) was a member of al-Qaeda.

Biography
al-Basir Nalchikov was born on 6 February 1968 in Zaragizh in the present-day Kabardino-Balkarskaya Republits of the Russian Federation, then part of the Soviet Union. Nalchikov worked at a hamburger stand until he turned 18 in 1986, when he enlisted in the Soviet Army. He fought against the Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War, but he later deserted and joined the Mujahideen. Nalchikov later became an al-Qaeda operative, and he fought in the Chechen Wars alongside Islamist rebels in the country against Russia. In 2003 he moved to Iraq after the end of the Second Chechen War, and he fought in the US Army in the Iraq War. Nalchikov was killed in Baghdad in 2008.